Fifth & West Residences
Fifth & West Residences is a 39-story residential skyscraper located at 501 West Ave. in Downtown Austin,[1] Texas. The tower is the eleventh tallest in Austin at 459 feet (140 m). Fifth & West is the fourth tallest all-residential tower in Austin, behind The Independent, The Austonian and 360 Condominiums. The building is located along a Capitol View Corridor,[2] creating a unique triangular tower atop a square podium base. The tower is located in the Shoal Creek floodplain.
| Fifth & West Residences | |
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 Fifth & West from the Northeast | |
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| Alternative names | Fifth & West |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Classification | Seventh tallest building in Austin |
| Location | 501 West Avenue, Austin, Texas |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 30°16′10.33″N 97°45′2.22″W |
| Groundbreaking | December 5th, 2014 |
| Completed | December 22nd, 2018 |
| Height | 459 feet (140 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 39 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | GDA Architecture |
| Developer | Riverside Resources |
| Other information | |
| Number of units | 154 |
| Website | |
| www | |
History
Fifth & West started construction with almost a year of foundation-related delays. The small quarter-block site caused issues removing material from the underground parking garage excavation, and weather delays such as the 2015 Memorial Day Floods[3] added to the delays. In June 2016, a city pollution charge was filed after inspectors discovered runoff being funneled into nearby Shoal Creek.[4] After the tower's foundation reached ground level in November 2016, construction resumed the planned speed and finished in just over two years.
References
- Widner, Cindy (2017-12-21). "Peek inside new downtown residential tower". Curbed Austin. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- "An Inside Look at Fifth & West". TOWERS. 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- "The Central Texas Memorial Day Flood 2015 Is One for the History Books". Texas Monthly. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- Schwaller, Kevin (2016-06-04). "Construction company charged with pollution in downtown Austin". KXAN. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
External links
Media related to Austin 5th & West Residences Tower at Wikimedia Commons